fibre

dietary fibre (roughage), that part of food that cannot be digested and absorbed to produce energy, and which stimulates activity in the circular muscles of the gut, thus preventing various conditions including constipation.

fibre

A long thread or filament constituting human and animal tissues (e.g. nerve axon, muscle fibre, the filament of connective tissue).arcuate fibre's Axons of the ganglion cells of the retina which are temporal to the optic disc and pass above and below the papillomacular bundle in an arcuate course. Syn. arcuate nerve fibres bundle. Seeretinal raphe; arcuate scotoma.cilio-equatorial; cilio-posterior capsular fibre's See Zinn, zonule of.circular fibre'sSeeciliary muscle.felderstruktur muscle fibre's A type of extraocular muscle fibres whose effect is to produce slow, and tonic contraction. They are mainly responsible for maintaining smooth pursuit movements. The fibres are located in the superficial portions of the extraocular muscles and are unique to this type of muscle.fibrillenstruktur muscle fibre's A type of extraocular muscle fibres whose effect is to produce fast and twitch type of contractions. They are mainly responsible for saccadic eye movements. The fibres are located deep within the extraocular muscles and are the type usually found in skeletal muscles.Henle's fibreSeefibre layer of Henle.lens fibre's Long, six-sided bands containing few organelles and mostly lacking a nucleus, derived from epithelial cells just within the capsule of the crystalline lens and attached to an anterior and to a posterior suture. New lens fibres are continuously produced throughout life thus contributing to lens growth with age.longitudinal fibre'sSeeciliary muscle.macular fibre'sSeepapillomacular fibres.medullated nerve fibre'sSeemyelinated nerve fibres.meridional fibre'sSeeciliary muscle.fibre's of MuellerSeeMueller's cell.myelinated nerve fibre's Anomalous congenital extension onto the retina of the myelin sheaths covering the optic nerve fibres. This myelination beyond the lamina cribrosa normally disappears soon after birth. Ophthalmoscopically, it appears as whitish, striated feather-shaped patches which may or may not obscure retinal vessels. Vision in these areas may be reduced, although visual acuity is not affected as the patches are most frequently located adjacent to the optic disc and sometimes in the periphery. The most characteristic sign may be an enlargement of the blind spot. Syn. medullated nerve fibres; opaque nerve fibres. Seecribriform plate.fibre opticsSeefibre optics.orbiculo-anterior capsular; orbiculo-posterior capsular fibre'sSeezonule of Zinn.papillomacular fibre's Axons of the ganglion cells of the macular region of the retina which enter the temporal portion of the optic disc and travel in the central region of the optic nerve. In the optic chiasma, the temporal macular fibres remain on the same side, while the nasal ones cross to the other side. These fibres make up the papillomacular bundle (Fig. F1).pupillary fibre's Axons of the optic nerve which branch off from the visual portion of the optic tract, before the lateral geniculate body, to run in the superior brachium towards the pretectal region anterior to the superior colliculus. They mediate the pupillary reflexes. Seepretectum; pupil light reflex.radial fibre'sSeeciliary muscle.visual fibre's Axons from the ganglion cells of the retina, making up the optic nerves and optic tracts. They synapse in the lateral geniculate body and then project to the region of the calcarine fissure of the cortex conveying the nervous impulses associated with vision.zonular fibre'sSeezonule of Zinn.fibrillenstruktur muscle fibre'sSeefibrillenstruktur muscle fibres.

fi·ber

2. Nutrients in the diet that are not digested by gastrointestinal enzymes. Synonym(s): fibre.

[L. fibra]

fibre

see fiber.

Patient discussion about fibre

Q. Does intake of diet rich in fiber will be beneficial for weight reduction? I feel obesity is a hindrance to a happy life and though many weight reduction and slimming techniques are currently available, how can one choose the correct technique. Does intake of diet rich in fiber will be beneficial for weight reduction?

A. Yes, researches indicate that the normal weight adults tend to eat more fiber and fruit than people who are overweight or obese. The difference found was that the normal-weight adults consume about 33 % more dietary fiber and 43 % more complex carbohydrates each day than people who are obese. Thus it is shown that consumption of a balanced diet that includes an adequate amount of fiber from plant foods will surely benefit your health and weight. You must have fiber rich foods if you are obese.

Furthermore we showed that the bound in the Theorem is sharp in the sense that for every integer r there exists a surface X together with an ample line bundle L such that one has equality in (2) and X is not fibred by Seshadri curves of L.

The purpose of this note is to characterize the pairs (X, L) for which one has an equality in (2) and X is not fibred by Seshadri curves.

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